Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a suitable candidate for broadband power line communications (PLC). It has shown that the Bit Error Rate (BER) performance of Single Carrier Transmission with Frequency Domain Equalization (SCT-FDE) is close to OFDM in broadband wireless systems. In this paper we investigate the BER performance of SCT employing time and frequency domain decis...

This paper gives a brief overview of system level aspects related to the deployment of Broadband Power Line Communication (BPL) networks for smart grid applications within the Medium Voltage (MV) distribution network.

A system of multi-axis networked smart motors is developed to reduce complex cable harnesses. Motor control signals are sent over the DC power bus line and received by motors with integrated power amplifiers and controllers. Unlike traditional AC power line communication, the noise level and signal attenuation are much lower for the DC power bus communication. This allows for high fidelity, bro...

Broadband power line communication (BPLC) access technology provides high speed data transmission capability for multimedia service in digital homes. However, because of the frequency and time-varying characteristics of the power line channel, unpredictable packet loss happens during service transmission; in order to guarantee the requirement of QoS and improve the throughput performance, an ef...